Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1979

Bishops (143)ElectedConsecratedAscending
PolandCardinal Franciszek Macharski

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków (Poland)

1978.12.291979.01.06
BrazilBishop Cristiano Jakob Krapf (89)Bishop Cristiano Jakob Krapf (89)

Bishop emeritus of Jequié (Brazil)

1978.11.071979.01.07
ItalyArchbishop Mario Miglietta

former Archbishop-Bishop of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy)

1978.11.181979.01.14
CubaCardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Aquila e Priscilla

former Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba)

1978.12.041979.01.14
PhilippinesArchbishop Edmundo Madarang Abaya

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

1978.12.111979.01.19
MaliBishop Joseph Dao

former Bishop of Kayes (Mali)

1978.09.121979.01.27
NamibiaArchbishop Bonifatius Haushiku, S.C.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Windhoek (Namibia)

1978.11.151979.01.27
KiribatiBishop Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Tarawa and Nauru (Kiribati)

1978.11.151979.02.10
TurkiyeArchbishop Domenico Caloyera, O.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)

1978.12.071979.02.10
Congo-BrazzavilleArchbishop Barthélémy Batantu

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

1978.11.151979.02.11
IndiaBishop Ignatius Menezes (90)Bishop Ignatius Menezes (90)

Bishop emeritus of Ajmer (India)

1978.11.151979.02.17
GermanyBishop Theodor Kettmann (87)Bishop Theodor Kettmann (87)

Titular Bishop of Busiris

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Osnabrück (Germany)

1978.11.271979.02.18
BrazilBishop Manuel Pestana Filho

former Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil)

1978.11.301979.02.18
VietnamBishop Joseph Nguyễn Tùng Cương

former Bishop of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

1979.01.101979.02.18
HondurasBishop Geraldo Daniel Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras)

1979.01.151979.02.21
BrazilBishop Hélio Gonçalves Heleno

former Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil)

1978.11.271979.02.22
USABishop Robert Fealey Morneau (87)Bishop Robert Fealey Morneau (87)

Titular Bishop of Massa Lubrense

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Green Bay (USA)

1978.12.191979.02.22
EnglandBishop Francis Joseph Walmsley

former Military Ordinary of Great Britain (England)

1979.01.081979.02.22
PolandArchbishop Giorgio Zur

former President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

1979.02.051979.02.24
FranceBishop Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet

former Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

1978.12.111979.02.25
VietnamBishop Vincent de Paul Phạm Văn Dụ

former Bishop of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam)

1960.03.051979.03.01
PeruBishop Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Cusco (Peru)

1978.12.111979.03.04
VietnamBishop Pierre-Jean Trần Xuân Hạp

former Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam)

1979.01.101979.03.04
IndiaBishop Anthony Thannikot

former Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly (India)

1978.12.191979.03.11
USABishop John Edward McCarthy

former Bishop of Austin (USA)

1979.01.231979.03.14
MontenegroArchbishop Petar Perkolić

former Archbishop of Bar (Montenegro)

1978.12.191979.03.18
IndiaBishop George Mamalassery

former Bishop of Tura (India)

1979.01.121979.03.19
EgyptBishop Youannès Malak (Coptic Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt)

1978.11.041979.03.23
USABishop John Joseph Nevins

former Bishop of Venice (USA)

1979.01.251979.03.24
USABishop Agustín Alejo Román Rodríguez

former Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (USA)

1979.02.061979.03.24
Papua New GuineaArchbishop Peter Kurongku

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)

1978.11.151979.03.25
PortugalBishop Armindo Lopes Coelho

former Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

1978.11.161979.03.25
ItalyArchbishop Francesco Cuccarese

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Pescara–Penne (Italy)

1979.02.121979.04.01
BangladeshBishop Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C. (87)Bishop Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C. (87)

Titular Bishop of Zucchabar

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

1978.12.191979.04.04
FranceCardinal Paul Poupard (95)Cardinal Paul Poupard (95)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede

President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Culture

1979.02.021979.04.06
PolandCardinal Józef Glemp

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland)

former Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland)

1979.03.041979.04.21
Congo-KinshasaBishop Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a

former Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa)

1978.11.151979.04.22
MexicoBishop José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, M.N.M.

former Bishop of Tuxtepec (Mexico)

1979.01.081979.04.22
TanzaniaArchbishop Anthony Mayala

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania)

1979.01.121979.04.22
FranceArchbishop Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France)

1979.02.021979.04.22
BrazilBishop Patrício José Hanrahan, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil)

1979.01.291979.04.29
PolandArchbishop Edward Ozorowski

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Białystok (Poland)

1979.01.311979.04.29
HungaryBishop István Bagi

former Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

1979.03.311979.04.30
HungaryBishop Izidor István Marosi

former Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

1979.03.311979.04.30
HungaryBishop Gyula Szakos

former Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary)

1979.03.311979.04.30
ParaguayBishop Sebelio Peralta Álvarez

former Bishop of San Lorenzo (Paraguay)

1979.03.051979.05.01
Costa RicaBishop José Rafael Barquero Arce

former Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

1979.03.281979.05.01
PhilippinesBishop Salvador Trane Modesto

former Auxiliary Bishop of San Carlos (Philippines)

1978.12.281979.05.03
BrazilBishop José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R.

former Bishop-Prelate of Borba (Brazil)

1979.01.291979.05.05
South AfricaBishop Andrew Zolile T. Brook

former Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa)

1979.02.121979.05.05
USABishop Stanley Girard Schlarman

former Bishop of Dodge City (USA)

1979.03.131979.05.14
PeruBishop José Arana Berruete, O.A.R.

former Bishop-Prelate of Chota (Peru)

1979.01.241979.05.20
TanzaniaArchbishop Josaphat Louis Lebulu (83)Archbishop Josaphat Louis Lebulu (83)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Arusha (Tanzania)

1979.02.121979.05.24
PhilippinesBishop Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas

former Bishop of Imus (Philippines)

1979.04.071979.05.25
BulgariaBishop Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A.

former Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

1978.12.141979.05.27
NicaraguaBishop Rubén López Ardón (91)Bishop Rubén López Ardón (91)

Bishop emeritus of Estelí (Nicaragua)

1979.01.021979.05.27
South SudanArchbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan)

1979.03.051979.05.27
EthiopiaBishop Armido Gasparini, M.C.C.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia)

1979.03.151979.05.27
South SudanBishop Vincent Mojwok Nyiker

former Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan)

1979.03.151979.05.27
EstoniaArchbishop Justo Mullor García

former President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

1979.03.211979.05.27
USABishop Michael Hughes Kenny

former Bishop of Juneau (USA)

1979.03.221979.05.27
USABishop William Russell Houck

former Bishop of Jackson (USA)

1979.03.281979.05.27
BrazilArchbishop José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm. (92)Archbishop José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm. (92)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

1979.03.291979.05.27
NorwayBishop Gerhard Ludwig Goebel, M.S.F.

former Bishop-Prelate of Tromsø (Norway)

1979.03.291979.05.27
BrazilBishop Fernando José Penteado (91)Bishop Fernando José Penteado (91)

Bishop emeritus of Jacarezinho (Brazil)

1979.04.021979.05.27
BrazilBishop Décio Pereira

former Bishop of Santo André (Brazil)

1979.04.021979.05.27
PhilippinesArchbishop Paciano Basilio Aniceto (89)Archbishop Paciano Basilio Aniceto (89)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Fernando (Philippines)

1979.04.071979.05.27
ItalyBishop Girolamo Grillo

former Bishop of Civitavecchia–Tarquinia (Italy)

1979.04.071979.05.27
IndiaArchbishop Alan Basil de Lastic

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi (India)

1979.04.091979.05.27
BrazilBishop Newton Holanda Gurgel

former Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

1979.04.101979.05.27
USACardinal John Joseph O’Connor

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

1979.04.181979.05.27
CanadaBishop Jean-Marie Lafontaine

former Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

1979.04.181979.05.27
USABishop William Thomas Larkin

former Bishop of Saint Petersburg (USA)

1979.04.181979.05.27
BrazilBishop Ladislau Biernaski, C.M.

former Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil)

1979.04.191979.05.27
BrazilBishop Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil)

1979.04.191979.05.27
ItalyArchbishop Alfio Rapisarda

former Titular Archbishop of Canne

1979.04.221979.05.27
USABishop Matthew Harvey Clark

former Bishop of Rochester (USA)

1979.04.231979.05.27
ChileBishop Alejandro Goić Karmelić

former Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

1979.04.231979.05.27
PhilippinesBishop Pedro G. Magugat, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Urdaneta (Philippines)

1979.04.231979.05.27
BrazilBishop Ramón López Carrozas, O. de M.

former Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (Brazil)

1979.04.261979.05.27
ItalyCardinal Achille Silvestrini

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo pro hac vice Title

former Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches

1979.05.041979.05.27
CameroonArchbishop André Wouking

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

1979.03.151979.06.09
PortugalBishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva (95)Bishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva (95)

Bishop emeritus of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal)

1979.04.301979.06.16
ZimbabweBishop Patrick Mumbure Mutume

former Auxiliary Bishop of Mutare (Zimbabwe)

1979.03.151979.06.17
IndonesiaBishop Blasius Pujaraharja (90)Bishop Blasius Pujaraharja (90)

Bishop emeritus of Ketapang (Indonesia)

1979.03.151979.06.17
CanadaArchbishop Leonard James Wall

former Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada)

1979.05.031979.06.21
CanadaBishop Robert Bell Clune

former Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

1979.05.031979.06.21
CanadaBishop Michael Pearse Lacey

former Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

1979.05.031979.06.21
Congo-KinshasaBishop Paul Mambe Mukanga

former Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa)

1979.03.151979.06.24
PhilippinesBishop Vicente Macanan Navarra (87)Bishop Vicente Macanan Navarra (87)

Bishop emeritus of Bacolod (Philippines)

1979.04.231979.06.26
EnglandBishop Anthony Hitchen

former Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England)

1979.05.281979.07.03
EnglandBishop Kevin O’Connor

former Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England)

1979.05.281979.07.03
AustraliaBishop Noel Desmond Daly

former Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

1979.04.211979.07.11
BrazilBishop Ricardo José Weberberger, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Barreiras (Brazil)

1979.05.211979.07.11
Cote d’IvoireBishop Paul Dacoury-Tabley (91)Bishop Paul Dacoury-Tabley (91)

Bishop emeritus of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire)

1979.04.091979.07.22
AngolaBishop Pedro Luís António

former Bishop of Kwito-Bié (Angola)

1979.06.151979.07.29
CanadaArchbishop Roger Ébacher (89)Archbishop Roger Ébacher (89)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gatineau (Canada)

1979.06.301979.07.31
USAArchbishop James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA)

1979.06.301979.08.01
USABishop James Anthony Griffin (91)Bishop James Anthony Griffin (91)

Bishop emeritus of Columbus (USA)

1979.06.301979.08.01
USABishop Anthony Michael Pilla

former Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

1979.06.301979.08.01
AustraliaBishop Bede Vincent Heather

former Bishop of Parramatta (Australia)

1979.06.301979.08.04
VietnamBishop Joseph Vũ Duy Nhất

former Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam)

1979.07.041979.08.08
MexicoCardinal Javier Lozano Barragán

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Dorotea

former Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico)

former President of Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

1979.06.051979.08.15
MexicoBishop Francisco Maria Aguilera González

former Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

1979.06.051979.08.15
Puerto RicoBishop Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera (87)Bishop Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera (87)

Bishop emeritus of Caguas (Puerto Rico)

1979.06.111979.08.17
Puerto RicoBishop Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez

former Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

1979.06.111979.08.17
PhilippinesBishop Salvador Quizon Quizon

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa (Philippines)

1979.06.091979.08.22
IrelandBishop Joseph Duffy (92)Bishop Joseph Duffy (92)

Bishop emeritus of Clogher (Ireland)

1979.07.071979.09.02
BrazilBishop Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C. (89)Bishop Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C. (89)

Bishop emeritus of Pinheiro (Brazil)

1979.07.031979.09.07
ItalyBishop Domenico Tarcisio Cortese, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Mileto–Nicotera–Tropea (Italy)

1979.06.151979.09.08
VenezuelaBishop Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela)

1979.07.131979.09.11
SlovakiaCardinal Jozef Tomko

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina

former President of Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

1979.07.121979.09.15
Congo-KinshasaBishop Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya

former Bishop of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa)

1979.05.031979.09.16
USACardinal William Henry Keeler

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

1979.07.241979.09.21
Costa RicaBishop Antonio Troyo Calderón

former Auxiliary Bishop of San José (Costa Rica)

1979.08.271979.09.21
IrelandArchbishop Joseph Cassidy

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland)

1979.08.241979.09.23
SpainCardinal Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Angela Merici

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain)

1979.08.221979.09.29
BrazilBishop Martinho Lammers, O.F.M. (86)Bishop Martinho Lammers, O.F.M. (86)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Óbidos (Brazil)

1976.07.191979.10.04
ArgentinaBishop Carlos Esteban Cremata

former Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina)

1979.07.031979.10.06
IndiaBishop Benedict Jacob Acharuparambil, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Trivandrum (India)

1979.08.031979.10.07
BrazilBishop Romeu Brigenti

former Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

1979.08.021979.10.12
BrazilBishop Affonso Felippe Gregory

former Bishop of Imperatriz (Brazil)

1979.08.021979.10.12
GermanyArchbishop Johannes Dyba

former Archbishop-Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

former Archbishop Military Ordinary of Germany (Germany)

1979.08.251979.10.13
PhilippinesBishop Ruben Tolentino Profugo

former Bishop of Lucena (Philippines)

1979.08.271979.10.18
USAArchbishop Joseph Anthony Fiorenza

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

1979.09.041979.10.25
USABishop William Benedict Friend

former Bishop of Shreveport (USA)

1979.08.311979.10.30
IndiaBishop Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Rourkela (India)

1979.07.041979.11.03
New CaledoniaArchbishop Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M. (82)Archbishop Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M. (82)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nouméa (New Caledonia)

1979.07.041979.11.04
BrazilBishop Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil)

1979.08.071979.11.11
UkraineCardinal Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (Ukrainian Rite)

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea

former Major Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

1979.09.131979.11.12
ArgentinaArchbishop Emilio Ogñénovich

former Archbishop of Mercedes–Luján (Argentina)

1979.10.011979.11.18
BrazilBishop José Carlos de Oliveira, C.SS.R. (95)Bishop José Carlos de Oliveira, C.SS.R. (95)

Bishop emeritus of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil)

1979.09.141979.11.25
FranceBishop Henri Désiré Delrue

former Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

1979.10.091979.12.02
GuineaCardinal Robert Sarah (80)Cardinal Robert Sarah (80)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana pro hac vice Title

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Conakry (Guinea)

Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

1979.08.131979.12.08
IraqArchbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka (Syriac Rite)

former Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq)

1979.08.251979.12.08
VietnamBishop Joseph-Marie Ðinh Bỉnh

former Bishop of Thái Bính (Vietnam)

1979.10.301979.12.08
FranceCardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)

former Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France)

1979.11.101979.12.08
GuineaBishop Philippe Kourouma

former Bishop of N’Zérékoré (Guinea)

1979.08.131979.12.15
USABishop Richard John Sklba

former Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA)

1979.11.061979.12.19
New ZealandCardinal Thomas Stafford Williams

former Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti

former Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand)

1979.10.301979.12.20
USABishop Raphael Michael Fliss

former Bishop of Superior (USA)

1979.11.051979.12.20
ChinaBishop Michael Fu Tie-shan (傅鐵山)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China)

(1979)1979.12.21
Costa RicaBishop Héctor Morera Vega

former Bishop of Tilarán (Costa Rica)

1979.12.041979.12.27

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